Three former Oakland residents, accused of using stolen identities to defraud the State of California of disability insurance benefits are facing decades in prison if convicted. Jermila McCoy, 32, Zeffrey Cain, 38, and Timnesha Wilson, 21, have pleaded not guilty to the charges they defrauded EDD in excess of $1.5 million. “This has to anger […]
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Pacific Grove Contractor Sentenced To Jail
Robert Gunn, 69, of Pacific Grove, was sentenced on July 2, 2014 to one year in jail and five years of probation after pleading guilty to failing to register as an employer with the Employment Development Department and failing to obtain workers’ compensation insurance. In May of last year, the California Department of Insurance received […]
FIVE CHARGED IN MULTIMILLION DOLLAR WORKERS’ COMP AND PAYROLL FRAUD CASE
RIVERSIDE – Five owners, operators and employees of United Paving and Prestige Striping, a Corona-based paving company, have been charged in a case involving wage theft, premium fraud, workers’ compensation fraud, and payroll fraud. “These suspects are accused of crimes that allowed them to gain approximately $4 million dollars,” said Alan Barcelona, president of the […]
EDD Investigators Put A Halt To Unemployment Fraud Ring
The case is ongoing, but already investigators with the California Employment Development Department (EDD) have an impressive tally as they continue to uncover an unemployment fraud scheme in Northern California that cost tax payers $5 million dollars. “Shame on those who meticulously and maliciously take advantage of a system that’s designed to help the disadvantaged, […]
